RED DEER. 



which is followed in winter, especially re- 

 quiring hardihood and endurance. In dis- 

 tant countries wild animals are hunted in 

 order to diminish their numbers and the 

 damage they do to the crops of settlers ; and 

 in the same manner of recent seasons the 

 chase of the red deer has been directed to 

 the reduction of the herds. The object, it 

 must be borne in mind, is the actual killing 

 of the wild animal, not merely the riding 

 after it. There is in every respect an exact 

 parallel between the hunt in the days of 

 Chevy Chase and the hunt of the present 

 time. 



These deer have been hitherto spoken of 

 as the red deer of Exmoor, but they have 

 now extended so widely, roaming over great 

 tracts of two counties, that this limited term 

 is no longer applicable. They are now the 

 red deer of the West of England. But 

 Exmoor was ^their retreat during the long, 



